After the worst fires in Canberra’s history in 2003, ABC TV gave four families small video cameras to record their lives after the fires.
Filmed by the families themselves, together with their friends, these short portraits of life in the months following this devastating event have now been edited into a moving one-hour documentary. Told from the families’ own perspective, the film captures milestones as they work towards regaining a semblance of normality in their lives.
Introduced by George Negus, this is a poignant story of paradise lost and paradise regained.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Viewing Booths
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2001555
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Biographical → Autobiographies
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Australia
History → Canberra (A.C.T.) - History
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Reality television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Digital Betacam; Master
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation